CRP and diabetes mellitus: The progression of PD patients is influenced by a range of prognostic factors, including age, diabetes, cardiovascular comorbidities, biomarkers such as serum albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), etc. To monitor disease progression in dialysis patients, clinicians routinely collect a range of laboratory and clinical measurements at multiple time points during follow-up.